February 26, 2010

I almost forgot to share my CPS 155 card this week! The CPS155 sketch was simple and elegant, so I paired it with a lovely hydrangea branch from the JustRite Stampers Plant a Little Love set and some Basic Grey Wisteria papers. For the sentiment, I used PaperTrey's Vintage Picnic Sentiments set, heat embossed with detail white embossing powder.

Copic marker colors that I used were: V12, V15, V17, YG11, YG63, YG67, E44, E47, 0, and BG10 in the background. I also used touches of Spica Glitter pens in clear and mint. Buttons are PTI Plum Pudding Vintage buttons. I used a Spellbinders Classic Plain Circle Nestability to trim my base focal image and then outlined it with a gold paint pen.

On the inside, I used the Inside and Out Baby set, combined with more Garden Variety papers. The ribbon is some May arts pink silk ribbon, tweaked with some Copic YR0000 various inks. (It needed a warmer cast to work well with the rest of the card.) The safety pin is a Tim Holtz mini pin.

February 07, 2010

Valentine's Day will soon be upon us! PaperTrey Ink is the sponsor of this week's CPS 153 Sketch. I chose one of last year's sets to play with for this sketch, Heart Prints. The little tag is a sentiment from Favor It Weddings, cut with a Spellbinders Double-Ended Tags Trio die, with the tag trimmed to length after I stamped the sentiment.

Papers are from Cosmo Cricket's Garden Variety Mini Deck. I'm running low on these particular pieces, so I'll have to start using something else soon!

Ribbon is 1/4" white silk, dyed with a few strokes from a Copic R27 marker. Silk is oh-so-easy to dye with a Copic, and it takes only a few seconds to dry. I added some glitter in the center of each flower on the red heart.

This is a super-simple sketch--wouldn't you like to play along this week? We would love to have you!

For the words, I stamped the outer sentiment ring and then cut the words apart and mounted then normally.

Paper is from Cosmo Cricket's new Garden Variety line (Sunday Picnic and Tossed Salad). Ribbon is May Arts silk. I used a Spellbinders Classic Plain Circle Nestability to cut and emboss my poppy image, and then I distressed its edges with PaperTrey's Chamomile Distress ink.

Have you played along with this week's CPS sketch yet? We would love to have you play!

January 28, 2010

I love Tami Mayberry's CPS Sketches! They help me break out of my comfort zone and get ideas that wouldn't normally come to me. I edited this week's CPS 151 sketch just a bit because I didn't have room for four elements across the front.

January 19, 2010

This week's CPS 150 Sketch card is a baby card. October Afternoon was this week's CPS sponsor, and I just happened to have a pad of their Farm Fresh paper on hand to use with this layout. The stamp images are from PaperTrey Ink's Baby Button Bits, and buttons are New Leaf Vintage Buttons.

I colored the inside of the pea pod with a Copic YG13, after stamping the outside with Tea Leaves Versamagic ink. The sentiment is stamped in PaperTrey's Pure Poppy Ink, and edges are distressed in the Chamomile Vintage Distress Cube. Those little squares are pieces of cardstock that I coated in Ranger Glossy Accents and mounted with foam tape.

I stamped the border and center in Versamark ink on watercolor paper and heat embossed with Filigree Detail Gold Embossing Powder. Then I watercolored the image with a waterbrush and watercolor crayons. (Okay, I confess: when it dried, it looked a bit washed out, so I used my Copic markers to add a tiny bit of depth on top of the watercolor.)

I cut and embossed the image with a Spellbinders Classic Oval Nestability and then edged it with a gold metallic paint pen. Papers are Comfort and Celebrate from the My Mind's Eye Coastal Laundry Line Collection. Ribbon is May Arts Ivory Silk, and cardstock is PaperTrey Ink Gold Shimmer and Vintage Cream.

Thank you so much for the sweet wishes over the past few days! We enjoyed family time this Christmas, and I hope that you were able to do so too. Blessings!

December 13, 2009

Welcome! Today I have a CPS Sketch 146 card to share with you. This one was a bit challenging simply because of the number of layer involved, so I knew that I would want to use coordinating patterned papers to keep all of those layers looking good together. I chose Heather's Rustic Snowflakes papers, as well as the PaperTrey Ink Holiday Button Bits set. The strings are embossed with Filigree Detail Silver embossing powder, and buttons are PaperTrey Ink Vintage Buttons. Ribbon is Pure Poppy Grosgrain.

We would love for you to play along with the CPS sketches! Thanks for visiting.

December 08, 2009

How about a CPS sketch card today? I've had a little CPS vacation, but I'm happy to be back in the saddle again! For CPS145, Tami gave us a square shape with a large focal image in the center, along with a band through the center. It looked like a perfect sketch to use with some chipboard from my stash, so I chose Cosmo Cricket Oh Joy chipboard (Buck Naked Ornaments) and papers (Yuletide and Frosty).

It's a great sketch for using some of the large, fun chipboard shapes in your arsenal--we'd love to have you play along! The CPS sketch for this week is posted here, and we have some fabulous new designers joining us as well--you can read about them and welcome them here. Thanks for stopping by.

October 01, 2009

This week's CPS 135 sponsor is Inky Antics, and what a lot of darling stamps they have! I chose the Monkeys Hanging Around set; who could resist a face like that?

I colored the monkey with the Copic markers pictured below and combined him with some Cosmo Cricket Mr. Campy papers (Nature Walk and Skipping Stones). Ribbon is Mr. Campy ribbon, and buttons are PaperTrey's Vintage Wooden Buttons.

Thank you for visiting, and be sure to check out the CPS blog to see how you can win one of three Inky Antics stamp sets this week!

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